12 Annoyances You Exhibit When Living With African Parents

Cha cha cha Igbo kwenu! (P.S. There are more pet peeves than the one listed here, obviously.)

1. When they summon you with their excruciating shrills just to pass them the remote that's sitting right next to them.

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2. When you ask them for money...

SHADDUP AND GO GET A JOB.

3. When they ask you for money...

...But you refuse to give me an allowance.

No, but actually...

#thestruggleisreal

4. When they try to get their "party" on...

"OH LORD. MY MOTHER'S TWERKING. HURRY, GET IN THE TARDIS SO WE CAN TRANSPORT TO ANOTHER DIMENSION."

5. When this is pretty much all they know how to make...

6. When they are phonetically inaccurate...

7. When they awkwardly display their public affections...

8. Corporal punishment, 'tis all.

9. When they tell you stories about the good ol' days back at the village...

No... modern works are more of my style.

10. When you keep getting mixed signals from them...

You know I hate getting mixed signals. WHAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP IS THIS?

11. This.

Only a true African FOB would ask for fried yam at an American fast food restaurant.

12. When they lay down the rules to marriage...